Jun 08, 2025

Kansas teen killed when UTV overturns

Posted Jun 08, 2025 12:30 PM

ANDERSON COUNTY—A Kansas teen died in an accident just after 11:30p.m. Saturday in Anderson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Polaris UTV driven by 16-year-old Wyatt L Whitham of Kincaid, Kansas, was southbound on NW Marshall Road two and one half miles west of Garnett.

The driver attempted to turn East onto NW 1750 Road. The UTV struck the South embankment and overturned onto the drivers side.

Whitham was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to Frontier Medical - Kansas City. Two other passengers, a 15-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy, both from Garnett, were not seriously injured and not transported.